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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
*The first two listed New Year comics were not directly referring to New Year, but both were related to a wild party and both were released on New Years eve two years in a row (2007 and 2008).
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*The first two where not directly referring to New Year, but both where related to a wild party and both where released on New Years eve two years in a row (2007 and 2008).
 
*The first directly relating to the changing of the year is the two comics released over the New Year from 2011 to 2012.  
 
*The first directly relating to the changing of the year is the two comics released over the New Year from 2011 to 2012.  
 
**December 30th it was [[997: Wait Wait]] and on January 2nd [[998: 2012]]
 
**December 30th it was [[997: Wait Wait]] and on January 2nd [[998: 2012]]
**Since then there was at least one New Year related comic every year up until the New Year from [[2563:_Throat_and_Nasal_Passages#Trivia|2021-2022]].
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**Since then there has been at least one New Year related comic every year.
***And after that years lapse, the New Years comic has returned the next two years so far.
 
 
*Next years New Year comic (2012-2013) was the first that directly related to New Year: [[1154: Resolution]], where the tradition of {{w|New Year's resolutions}} is the joke.  
 
*Next years New Year comic (2012-2013) was the first that directly related to New Year: [[1154: Resolution]], where the tradition of {{w|New Year's resolutions}} is the joke.  
 
*With the [[1302: Year in Review]], that is not directly related to New Years eve, but still to the end of the year, there where also two in 2013-2014, with the other being [[1311: 2014]].
 
*With the [[1302: Year in Review]], that is not directly related to New Years eve, but still to the end of the year, there where also two in 2013-2014, with the other being [[1311: 2014]].
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**Once again one of them was called the new year: [[1624: 2016]], making it the third even year with such a new year title.
 
**Once again one of them was called the new year: [[1624: 2016]], making it the third even year with such a new year title.
 
**In 2017 the first comic named like this with an uneven number, [[1779: 2017]], where released, and in 2018 the trend continued like this for the third year in a row with [[1935: 2018]].
 
**In 2017 the first comic named like this with an uneven number, [[1779: 2017]], where released, and in 2018 the trend continued like this for the third year in a row with [[1935: 2018]].
***But the trend stopped for at lest five years, thus skipping not only two uneven but also two even years, 2020 and 2022.
 
***In 2024 the trend returned after 5 years,  with [[2875: 2024]], see the [[2875:_2024#Trivia|trivia]] for that comic.
 
 
*There were nothing related to New Year between 31st December 2008 and December 30th 2011.  
 
*There were nothing related to New Year between 31st December 2008 and December 30th 2011.  
 
**So the two New Years ending 2009 and 2010 had no comic related to their New Year.  
 
**So the two New Years ending 2009 and 2010 had no comic related to their New Year.  
 
**There were also nothing prior to the one on 31st December 2007, thus for the New Years ending 2005 and 2006.
 
**There were also nothing prior to the one on 31st December 2007, thus for the New Years ending 2005 and 2006.
**Next time this happened was the New Year from 2021 to 2022.
 
***This was so special that a [[2563:_Throat_and_Nasal_Passages#Trivia|Trivia]] was made on the comic after New Year.
 
  
 
===Comics around and about New Year===
 
===Comics around and about New Year===
 
*Here is a list of the comics coming out as the one before or after New Year.
 
*Here is a list of the comics coming out as the one before or after New Year.
 
**The list counts the real New Years comics, but also list those comics hitting those days '''without''' having any relation to New Year (i.e. comics from 29th of December to 3rd of January).
 
**The list counts the real New Years comics, but also list those comics hitting those days '''without''' having any relation to New Year (i.e. comics from 29th of December to 3rd of January).
**And it mentions comics that relates to New Year without being released close to New Year.
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***If there is not number it is not a Christmas comic.  
***If there is not number it is not a New Year comic.  
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***If it is not released on the Christmas days there will be a note explaining.
***So far only one New Year comic has been released on the 29th and none on the 3rd. But sometimes those days will be the last release before or first release after New Year.
 
***A few obvious New Year comics have been released outside the given window. Those will be counted and a note made. But other than those comics, only the last and first comic in each of the years around New Year, will be given.
 
 
**New Year from 2005 to 2006:
 
**New Year from 2005 to 2006:
 
***From December 5th 2005 to January 4th 2006 [[Randall]] were taking a break while starting up {{xkcd}} so there were no releases right before New Year. This was the first after New Year:
 
***From December 5th 2005 to January 4th 2006 [[Randall]] were taking a break while starting up {{xkcd}} so there were no releases right before New Year. This was the first after New Year:
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***January 2nd: [[2093: Reminders]]
 
***January 2nd: [[2093: Reminders]]
 
**New Year from 2019 to 2020:
 
**New Year from 2019 to 2020:
***Both where New Year comics (4th time this happened).
 
 
***16th New Year comic released on December 30th: [[2248: New Year's Eve]]
 
***16th New Year comic released on December 30th: [[2248: New Year's Eve]]
 
***17th New Year comic released on January 1st: [[2249: I Love the 20s]]
 
***17th New Year comic released on January 1st: [[2249: I Love the 20s]]
***The comic [[2253: Star Wars Voyager 1]] from January 10th references both fireworks and Auld Lang Syne, and is thus related to New Year, although not technically a New Year comic.
 
**New Year from 2020 to 2021:
 
***18th New Year comic released on December 30th: [[2405: Flash Gatsby]]
 
***January 1st: [[2406: Viral Vector Immunity]]
 
****First time a release on New Years Day was not a New Year comic since January 1st 2010 (so 11 years).
 
****That also happened with the January 1st 2007 release, but the first New Year comic did not come out until December 31st 2007.
 
**New Year from 2021 to 2022:
 
***December 31st: [[2562: Formatting Meeting]]
 
****First time a release on New Years Eve was not a New Year comic.
 
***January 3rd: [[2563: Throat and Nasal Passages]]
 
****Last time neither of the comics around the New Year was a New Year comic was the New Year from 2010 to 2011.
 
****So after 10 years in a row with at least one such comic, Randall did nothing to celebrate that it became 2022.
 
****This is also only the third time out of 15 without such a comic since the first came out 14 years before new year 2022.
 
***See this [[2563:_Throat_and_Nasal_Passages#Trivia|Trivia]] on comic [[2563: Throat and Nasal Passages]] about no new year comic.
 
**New Year from 2022 to 2023:
 
***19th New Year comic released on December 30th: [[2718: New Year's Eve 2023]]
 
****Back to celebrating New Year after last years absence of New Year comics.
 
***January 2nd: [[2719: Hydrogen Isotopes]]
 
**New Year from 2023 to 2024:
 
***20th New Year comic was released already on November 15th: [[2855: Empiricism]]
 
****The subject was two New Year resolutions.
 
****Since it is obviously a reference to New Year it was added to this category, although it is the first one released outside of December-January.
 
****One of the resolutions is to reject temporal causality. So it could somehow have been released at New Year... it would be impossible to tell.
 
****See that comic's [[2855:_Empiricism#Trivia|trivia]] section.
 
***December 29th: [[2874: Iceland]]
 
***21st New Year comic released on January 1st: [[2875: 2024]]
 
****After 5 years without using this kind of title the new years number is again used as the title of this comic see the [[2875:_2024#Trivia|trivia]] for that comic.
 
 
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